tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 26 23:30:41 1997

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Re: [proposal] translation for directions.



>>north  pagh
>>east   HutmaH
>>south  wa' chorghmaH
>>west   cha' SochmaH
>>
>>yes, I left off the -vatlh.  You can put it in there if you want.  Many
>>times we leave it out using English and Klingons like to be quick and to
>the
>>point; clipped.
>
>Weeeelllllll, we don't really have any way of knowing that Klingons would
>clip numbers like this.  That, along with the question of exactly how
>Klingons give directions (KGT implies that they do NOT use compass point
>directions), makes the question very unanswered.
>
>SuStel
>Stardate 97906.2

did you read the first part of my message? (which you didn't quote)

>We're not sure how many degrees are on a klingon compass (if they have
them), >but since we are here on Earth, you could use numerical compass
headings.

we are humans here on Earth. I think we can use compass headings.

We don't know if Klingons would clip numbers like this?  How about the
stardates on the Skybox cards?  They're clipped there!

DloraH



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